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THE COFFEE BREAK - Thursday, March 20, 2008
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U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., denounced the "profoundly
distorted" remarks by his pastor and called upon Americans
to look more closely at race relations.
"This nation may never be perfect," Obama said Tuesday in
Philadelphia, "but it can always be perfected."
The Democratic presidential hopeful said he rejected
racially charged comments made by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright
but couldn't reject the man.
"The remarks ... expressed a profoundly distorted view of
this country," Obama said, adding, "I could no more disown
him than I could disown the black community ... or my white
grandmother."
Wright's characterization that the United States is racist
reflects the times in which he grew up, when racial
divisions were deep and discrimination rampant, Obama said.
"This is the reality in which Reverend Wright and others
grew up," he said.
But people of all races must move forward, Obama said,
which requires "all Americans to realize that your dreams
do not have to come at the expense of my dreams."
"Working together, we can move beyond some of our old
racial wounds," Obama said. "We have no choice ... if we
are to move on the path to a more perfect union."
What are your thoughts on Obama speech asking Americans
to move beyond race?
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Florida builder plans house raffle
A Florida man who had trouble selling the 4,570-square-foot
house he built with his sons is trying to find an owner
with a different approach -- a raffle. John Artimovich
said he and one of his sons, Michael, started a nonprofit
charity called Sons of Toil after they were unable to sell
the Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., mansion, the Orlando (Fla.)
Sentinel reported "Hundreds of people came through here,"
Artimovich said of prospective buyers who turned the home
down. "The market prevails." He said his new charity is
hoping the raffle will raise enough money with $100 ticket
contributions to pay for the house and fund several causes,
including an apprenticeship program for trade workers.
Artimovich said he hopes to build and raffle at least one
house each year in addition to his own construction projects
if the initial experiment is a success. He said tickets for
the raffle can be purchased at 2008DreamHome.org.
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Police want banks of Loch Lomond bonnie
Scottish police plan a crackdown on vandalism and noise to
make sure the banks of Loch Lomond remain bonnie. The
Trossachs National Park, which includes the country's most
celebrated lake, is visited by more than 2 million people a
year. Central Scotland Police say a handful of those
visitors could wreck the area for everyone else, The
Scotsman reports. Police have found abandoned campsites,
complete with tents, and in one case a car dumped in a
wooded area with tires removed and an interior loaded with
trash. Operation Ironworks includes a number of initiatives,
some aimed at educating the public about proper behavior
and others at penalizing those who break the rules. "There
have been problems with tents, cars, barbecues and bags of
rubbish being abandoned," said Sgt. Joyce Greenhorn, who
heads the project. "Trees have even been felled in order to
have a fire. That is not acceptable, especially when there
may be firewood lying nearby."
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Woman seeks to collect on Civil War debt
A woman is suing the city of Tampa, Fla., over a $299.58
loan her great-grandfather gave the city during the U.S.
Civil War, and she is seeking $22.7 million. Joan Kennedy
Biddle, 77, said a promissory note given to her ancestor,
Thomas Pugh Kennedy, on June 21, 1861, documents that
Kennedy loaned the money to the city, but she and her family
claim the debt was never repaid, the St. Petersburg (Fla.)
Times reported Tuesday. "This thing has been in the family
since the date on the note, and it has never been repaid,"
she said. "My daddy told me, and I certainly believe him."
The suit, which seeks the amount of the loan plus 8 percent
annual interest, was filed in the Hillsborough Circuit
Court. Tampa City Attorney David Smith said he believes
the claim is not valid, the newspaper reported.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reader Comments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What are your thoughts on Heather Mills' divorce settlement?
"I hear that she wanted more money and that she's been
phoning publishers, newspapers, etc. to buy "her side of
the story about life with Paul"............She'll stop at
nothing for $$$$."
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"I think it is absolutely ridiculous. She doesn't deserve
50 million. I don't know why women believe they deserve
such large sums of money simply because they were married
to a rich man. Everything I have read said that she was
very unhappy with the settlement and was going to appeal.
He had offered her this much a long time ago and she
refused. I hope that Paul has learned something from this
and will insist on a prenup if he ever gets married again."
"Shame on McCartney for noy having a pre-nup.It's these
types of divorce settlements that make lawyers rich and
wake up intelligent men to require pre-nups before getting
married.If your spouse to be isn't agreeable to sign a
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